Frida Kahlo Museum

Commonly known as La Casa Azul or The Blue House, this historic house and art museum was the birthplace and lifelong home of the renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Built in 1904 by her father, Guillermo Kahlo, the structure originally featured a central courtyard surrounded by rooms in a traditional European style. Frida was born here in 1907 and returned to live in the house for the final years of her life, transforming it into a vibrant sanctuary of Mexican folk art and personal expression. During the mid-20th century, the house became a significant intellectual and cultural hub. After Frida married the muralist Diego Rivera, the couple expanded the property, adding the iconic cobalt blue paint and a studio made of volcanic stone. The home famously hosted various international figures, including the exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, who lived there for two years. The walls of the house witnessed the tumultuous and passionate relationship between Frida and Diego, as well as the creation of many of Frida's most famous masterpieces. Following Frida Kahlo's death in 1954, Diego Rivera donated the house and its contents to the Mexican people to ensure her legacy would be preserved. In 1958, the building officially opened its doors as a museum. Today, it remains largely as it was in the 1950s, containing Frida's personal belongings, her collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts, and the very bed where she painted her iconic self-portraits while recovering from spinal surgeries.